AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy

The AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy will meet on Saturday, January 20, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Capitol Room. Please join us if you are interested in collaboration between K-12 schools and academic institutions.

Open Forum on New Learning Standards

In order recognize the changing role of school library media programs now and in the future, AASL has begun to develop new learning standards for school library media programs.

The AASL Learning Standards Rewrite Task Force will present a SECOND DRAFT of the Learning Standards at the 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle:

Affiliate Assembly Networking Session

The AASL Affiliate Assembly Networking Session will be held on Saturday, January 20, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan A.

Affiliate Assembly Caucus

The AASL Affiliate Assembly Caucus will be held on Sunday, January 21, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm at the Red Lion Hotel, Emerald Ballroom I.

AASL Candidates' Forum

The AASL Candidates' Forum will be held on Sunday, January 21, 12:00 - 1:00 pm at the Red Lion Hotel, Emerald Ballroom I (immediately after the Affiliate Assembly).

ACRL

AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy

The AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy will meet on Saturday, January 20, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Capitol Room. Please join us if you are interested in collaboration between K-12 schools and academic institutions.

PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section)

Meetings

Discussion Groups

Forums

Continuing discussion of disaster preparedness from the ALCTS Preservation Section sponsored by the Preservation Discussion Group. After the popular consciousness has forgotten, how can we sustain recovery programs to provide collection management, building safety, and public service in libraries? Preservation and Reformatting Section is discussing this issue with other ALA Divisions and Round Tables to provide a holistic and long-term perspective on disaster response and recovery.

LAMA Board of Directors

Session I

Session II

LAMA Web Coordinators/Web Advisory Board

LAMA's various web coordinators will meet with the Web Advisory Board on Monday, January 22, 8-10am in the Washington Convention and Trade Center Room 307. It will be an opportunity to meet and answer questions. More details to follow.

LAMA Council of LAMA Affiliates

The Council of LAMA Affiliates will be meeting on Sunday, January 21 in the Hyatt Sealth Room. Come and network with other representatives from State Associations. Share ideas, topics and concerns and help LAMA stay connected to Library Managers across the country.

LAMA Leadership Development Seminar

John McNeil, Vice President of Implementation and Design for the Pacific Institute http://www.thepacificinstitute.com/, will be the keynote speaker at the annual Leadership Development Seminar on Friday, January 19, 2007, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Westin Seattle, Cascade Ballroom 1. The Pacific Institute specializes in performance improvement and professional growth, change management and leadership development. The Institute's curriculum teaches how to accelerate individual and organizational potential by changing habits, attitudes, beliefs and expectations that inhibit and often block high-performance people. Mr. McNeil, Vice President of Implementation and Design, is dedicated to the primary purpose of delivering the psychological tools necessary for individuals and organizations to obtain the results they choose for their lives.

In addition to our exciting keynote speaker, LAMA President Andrea Lapsley will discuss plans for LAMA's 50th Anniversary and LAMA's Web Coordinator, Brian Gray will demo "Online Community." Please join us for a stimulating, thought provoking afternoon and invite a current or potential LAMA member and /or a friend as a special guest. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to Fred Reuland freuland@ala.org by January 5th if you plan to attend. See you in Seattle.

LITA Public Library Technology Interest Group

Agenda: Meeting will open with a brief presentation on Groovix, a vended open source public access computing platform, by Brian Auger from Howard County (Md.) Library, followed by open discussion of topics of interest to attendees. The session will end with a brief business meeting.